Fossil Coral (Rugose Coral Fragment)
Rugosa (extinct order of solitary and colonial corals)
Category
Browse sedimentary (fossilized organic matter) specimens identified by the Rock Identifier community.
Fossil Coral (Rugose Coral Fragment)
Rugosa (extinct order of solitary and colonial corals)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (primarily SiO2)
Chert with Calcite Veining
Microcrystalline Quartz (SiO2) with Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) veins
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2)
Polished amber
Fossilized tree resin (primarily organic polymerized diterpenes)
Anthracite Coal
Anthracite
Water and Silt (Sedimentary Environment)
Suspended Sediment / H2O (dihydrogen monoxide)
Dendritic Agate (Tree Agate)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Manganese/Iron oxide inclusions
Moss Agate
Silicon Dioxide with inclusions (SiO2)
Moss Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2) with inclusions of manganese or iron oxides
Fossil bone or tooth fragment
Indeterminate fossilized vertebrate bone/tooth; taxonomic identification is not possible from this blurred image
Fossil Shell (Bivalve)
Phylum Mollusca, Class Bivalvia (typically composed of Calcium Carbonate / CaCO3)
Moss Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with inclusions
Moss Agate
Chalcedony (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2) with inclusions
Tree Agate
Dendritic Agate (Silicon Dioxide, SiO2 with chlorite inclusions)
Moss Agate
Chalcedony (SiO2) with inclusions of manganese or iron oxides
Moss Agate
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with Chlorite/Oxide inclusions
Arid Sandy Loam
Arenosols / Regosols
Likely anthracite coal fragments
Anthracite; predominantly carbon (C), with minor mineral ash
Septarian Nodule
Septarian Concretion (Calcite, Aragonite, and Limestone)
Quartz Geode
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) within a secondary sedimentary structure
Baltic Amber
Succinite (Polmerized conifer resin)
Stardust (Micrometeorite)
Chondrite / Micrometeorite (Extraterrestrial Silicate)
Septarian Nodule
Septarian Concretion (Calcite, Aragonite, and Limestone)
River Stone (likely Mudstone or Siltstone)
Lutite (Clastic sedimentary rock composed of clay and silt-sized particles)
Septarian Nodule or Mud Crack Fossil
Septarian Nodule (Concretion)
Jasper (Mookaite variety likely)
Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with iron oxide inclusions
Septarian Nodule (Dragon Stone)
Septarian Concretion (CaCO3 with Siderite and Calcite)
Septarian Nodule (Dragon Stone)
Septarian Geode (CaCO3 + Mg + Fe)
Tufa (Calcareous Tufa)
Calcareous Tufa (CaCO3)
Fossil Shark Tooth
Carcharocles (Otodus) sp. or similar fossilized Chondrichthyes tooth
Possible fossilized shell or coral fragment
Indeterminate biogenic carbonate, likely calcite (CaCO₃)
Petrified Wood
Silicified Wood (SiO2)
Amber (possibly a small polished amber cabochon)
Fossilized tree resin; amber is an organic gemstone, not a mineral
Fossilized Brachiopod Shell / Mold
Phylum Brachiopoda (Fossilized organic matrix replaced by Silica/Calcite)
Anthracite Coal
Anthracite (Highly Metamorphosed Coal)
Amber
Succinite (Fossilized Tree Resin)
Lepidodendron Fossil (Scale Tree)
Lepidodendron
Green Calcite
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Amber
Succinite (approximate formula C10H16O)
Fossiliferous Sandstone Pebble (with Crinoid / Shell Impression)
Sandstone containing fossiliferous inclusions (SiO2 matrix with calcite/silica cast fossil)
Fossiliferous Limestone
Biogenic Sedimentary Rock (Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3)